Kaidens Goodbye

Hi all, yes it has been awhile but with good reason. For those of you who weren't aware of what my life has revolved around the past few months, let me fill you in.
Last July my best friend Stephanie who is from Idaho and her husband Omar who is from Ensenada had their first baby, Kaiden Ezra Murillo. Kaiden was born in Boise as planned and then was to return promptly to Ensenada with his parents where they are missionaries. This plan changed when Kaiden became ill enough to be admitted to hospital only days before the Murillo's were to drive to Mexico. This began a long 10 months of hospital stays, blood transfusions, evasive surgeries and much much more. In all this time Kaiden was not able to eat as the main problems were with his digestive system not functioning. Kaiden was eventually transfered to the children's hospital down here in San Diego some time in Feburary. Since then I have spent any time out of work with Steph, Omar and Kaiden. At the end of March things just got worse when Omar was deported from the US on a technicality with his visa. This left Stephanie in San Diego with out her husband to help with the many medications that had to be prepared and given to Kaiden daily, the doctors/hospital visits and so on. Needless to say my time was dedicated to helping and supporting my sister/friend and being with Kaiden as much as possible. Praise God Omar was finally given a one month emergency visa on May 7th because Kaidens health soon took a turn for the worse which eventually saw him being air lifted to another hospital in Los Angeles. Omar and Steph spent days camping out in the hospital room until they were given a room at the Ronald Mcdonald house but were soon camping out in the room again when Kaidens situation worsened dramatically and he was moved to the ICU. At this point the doctors had no hope that Kaiden would survive even though we all still clung to the promise of God's healing. On Sunday May 27th I was building a house in Ensenada when I recieved a phone call that I needed to get to LA without delay. Stephanies parents and little sister had left Boise that morning and also drove straight for LA all day. By that evening Omar's parents and Stephanies parents had arrived at the hospital. By the next morning the doctors were telling us there was nothing else they could do and it was only a matter of hours. We prayed for a miracle, cried on each other and loved on Kaiden throughout the entire day. Around 5:45 that evening we stoof around Kaiden, holding on to each other as he went home to be with Jesus. It is still so hard to comprehend that our little warrior has left us. Stephanie still starts when she thinks to check on him at night, I still think I need to be quiet so as not to wake him when I walk into their room and I am sure that will go on for a long time. But I also rejoice that he is no longer in pain and is getting love from Jesus.
Thank you all so much for your prayers over the past months as we have gone through this difficult journey. If you would like to see Kaidens blog go to www.kaidenmurillo.blogspot.com. I kept the blog as if Kaiden was writing it and there are a bunch of pictures of our little man. The following is Kaidens last letter to everyone. Lot's of love, Felicia








Dear beloved friends,
This will be my last letter to you and I am in fact writing it from heaven. I really want to attempt to put your hearts and minds at ease even though I know you are all missing me so much. Thank you for the outpouring of love that each one of you has lavished on me and my family during my little life. Thank you for the many, many prayers on my behalf, on Papi and Mommy’s behalf. I know that your faith has been stretched immeasurably and some of you may wonder for what. I want to say that nothing has been fruitless and that God is so pleased with all of you. You have held onto God’s promises even when nothing made sense and now “the Lord will give strength to His people, the Lord will bless His people with peace.” You may never know what my journey, and your involvement in it, was all about until you get to the end of your life and look back at how it helped you or strengthened you in some other area of your own journey. In spite of the pain you are all going through, God is good in all His ways, He is faithful, He is loving and He is kind. And don’t I know it!
Now I get to be with Jesus.
Dear friends, I am finally whole and it feels so good. I can move freely and without pain and on top of that these Kaiden cheeks that you all loved to kiss so much are getting more than enough kisses from Jesus. So don’t worry about me anymore. Now I want you to take care of my Papi and Mommy. I can’t be there to brighten their days with smiles so I need you all to love on them like crazy. Pray for their hearts, hug them, cry with them, talk to them and share your best memories of me with them. “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” I love you all so much, you are in my heart and I will see you again some day soon.
Blessings from Kaiden in heaven.